Walmart

[strum]

Well I have to say im surprised or maybe not
Walmart is selling Excaliburs . Not to say its a bad thing

[paulaboutform]

Hmmm. So the evil giant is now carrying excals.? That immediately makes me question manufacturing. Wal-Mart is known for grinding vendors for the cheapest price and I can't say I associate them with 'quality'. Is there a change in the manufacturing process or materials? Not looking for the sky to fall but I am highly suspicious by nature.

[amythntr]

Hmmm. So the evil giant is now carrying excals.? That immediately makes me question manufacturing. Wal-Mart is known for grinding vendors for the cheapest price and I can't say I associate them with 'quality'. Is there a change in the manufacturing process or materials? Not looking for the sky to fall but I am highly suspicious by nature.

....and I am sure they will be sold right next to the "high quality "
Barnett line!...by top notch, 18 year old, knowledgeable sales people!

Anthony

[Fred T]

Should make the bean counters happy.

[Mason34]

They are drop shipped I believe that means they don't actually stock them but can order them for you through other retailers. They have a lot of excalibur stuff on there web site along with a lot of other stuff that you wouldn't expect online only of coarse

[one shot scott]

It is my understanding that Cambodian Tire (Canadian tire) does as well, but I think it's just the smf models.

Moo, associating with such companies doesn't lend credibility to the Excalibur name, but perhaps it's a convienent way to move the now less popular models.

[Kegbelly]

Money is money. Lots of products that used to be exclusive dealer-only items are now showing up at all kinds of places. Objective # 1 is to sell your product so now the game is to make it available to the masses and sell a million of them. Good or bad, that's how it works now.

[galamb]

Yes, Crappy Tire does sell them - the SMF models are "standard stock" (I work for Crappy Tire and we also stock most of the Barnett line).

We buy them from Excal directly and sell them for the MSRP - no support, no deal, no "in store" warranty. What it means is if you live in "armpit Ontario" you can walk into a store and buy an Excal and take it home "right now" - no waiting, no shipping etc.

There are a few stores designated as "Pro Shops" that carry the full Excal line - again, you pay MSRP and get served by a minimum wage student whose total exposure to crossbows (or vertical bows for that matter) was seeing them in the Hunger Game movies.

As long as "customers" are willing to buy guns/bows etc from a "big box" store, KNOWING full well that the vendor has zero interest or expertise in the product they are selling, the mom/pop specialty shops will continue to go out of business.

If we don't "turn" a certain number of "units" per year we will drop them from the "assortment".

If you want to keep bows/guns in bow/gun shops, don't buy from a big box retailer...

Despite my store carrying some of the items I may use (archery/gun), I choose to support the local archery shop and the gun shop in the next town over. Because in the long run, particularly if I need a "part", the box store can not help you out - and if the specialty store is "gone", you are surfing the web and paying shipping for something you can't touch/feel until it arrives.

[cevans]

Wife works for wally world,,,and yesterday,,had a posting they gave her,,Walmart is going to price match thru Christmas anybody as long as you bring the ad in including Dicks, Bass Pro, Cabellas, Gander Mt... you name it on all other stores for example,,,,Item must be in the store,,,and even on line pricing from major box stores if you print add or price out to show them,,,thru Christmas. I think this is in every store Walmart has.

[wabi]

Maybe I should get in line on "Black Friday" morning and see if they have any Excaliburs on sale.


On second thought...................


No, I'm not going to be there.

[paulaboutform]

Well said Galamb, I agree.